Blake K. Smith, MSN, RN (he/him/his)

Immediate Past-President
American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN)
Omaha, Nebraska

Blake K. Smith, MSN, RN, serves as a Clinical Documentation Sr. Analyst at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE, and leads all projects on Patient Education/Health Literacy, Plan of Care, Downtime Procedures, and Regulatory Reporting for five hospital systems across the state of Nebraska. He is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholar and served as the first Chair of the New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) Scholars Network as a founding member. Smith has presented across the globe as an international thought leader in men’s health and underrepresented workforce inclusion issues in the nursing profession and recently finished his term as the youngest president in American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) 50 year history. He advocates nationally for workforce inclusion serving on the national Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Steering Committee for AARP/Center to Champion Nursing in America as well as a Commissioner for the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing.

Smith has a Bachelor in Science degree in Exercise Science Research from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE in 2008, BSN from Nebraska Methodist College in Omaha, NE in 2012, and MSN in Nursing Health Systems Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2017.

Smith is a visionary thought leader for diversity and inclusion volunteer advocacy work with two prestigious recognitions receiving the Horizon Award from Nebraska Methodist College and the UAB School of Nursing Visionary Leader Award, given to only 130 other distinguished alumni in the school’s 70 year history.

Presentation(s):

• 1300 - Antiracist Strategies to Advance Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Nursing Education

  Sunday, November 20, 2022
  9:40 AM – 10:40 AM Central